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Leeham News and Analysis
- HOTR: Boeing resumes 787 deliveries after long hiatus August 10, 2022
- Can China pass on Boeing airplanes? A deeper look August 8, 2022
- Pontifications: A bad feeling for the JetBlue-Spirit merger August 8, 2022
- Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 30. Mixed architectures. August 5, 2022
- Embraer 2nd Quarter 2022: Mixed results as EVE is spun off August 4, 2022
HOTR: Boeing resumes 787 deliveries after long hiatus
By the Leeham News Team Aug. 10, 2022, © Leeham News: Deliveries of the Boeing 787 are slated to resume today after a pause of nearly two years. American Airlines is set to receive a 787-8. The Federal… Read More
Can China pass on Boeing airplanes? A deeper look
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Aug. 8, 2022, © Leeham News: The FAA lifted the Boeing 737 MAX grounding more than 18 months ago. However, Chinese airlines still have not returned their 737 MAX fleets to passenger… Read More
Pontifications: A bad feeling for the JetBlue-Spirit merger
Aug. 8, 2022, © Leeham News: I don’t normally report on airline mergers except as these may relate to aircraft fleet planning and the impacts on Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer. However, the JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger is an exception…. Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 30. Mixed architectures.
August 4, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This week, we look at two eVTOLs that don’t fit the terminology we use; Multicopters, Vectored thrust, or Lift and Cruise. The Vertical VX4 and Archer Maker are Lift and Cruise designs,… Read More
Embraer 2nd Quarter 2022: Mixed results as EVE is spun off
By Bjorn Fehrm August 4, 2022, ©. Leeham News: Embraer presented its 2Q2022 results today. The airframer booked lower revenue and net profit as deliveries of the E195-E2 tanked, but margins were up in all divisions except Defence… Read More
Dual or Single Aisle for Long Haul, Part 3
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction August 4, 2022, © Leeham News: We’ve been analyzing whether flying long-haul is better with a single-aisle or with a widebody under identical conditions. To have equal conditions, we fly between Milano… Read More
Boeing avoids strike as St. Louis Machinists OK contract
By Bryan Corliss Aug. 3, 2022, © Leeham News: Machinists Union members working for Boeing’s St. Louis-area defense plants today ratified a three-year contract with the company. The vote means that Boeing will avoid a strike that would… Read More
Update 8-3: Contract Approved (St. Louis Machinists vote Wednesday on latest Boeing contract tweaks)
Update, Aug. 3, 2022: The IAM 837 approved the revised Boeing offer for a three year contract. No strike tonight. By Bryan Corliss Aug. 2, 2022, © Leeham News: Machinists Union workers at Boeing’s St. Louis-area defense plants… Read More
Pontifications: Two books examine GE’s fall from grace
Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric By Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann Mariner Books, $17.99, 361 Pages The Man Who Broke Capitalism, How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crush the Sole of Corporate… Read More